ui: show a scroll hint when a picker list is too long to fit - #298
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questionary scrolls a window over a long choice list but never says so, so on the model / budget / tier pickers — a real workspace has ~16 GPT ids — a user can't tell there are options below the fold. `prompt_for_selection` and `prompt_for_multi_selection` now append "↑/↓ scroll" to the instruction line once the option count passes the visible-row count (10, matching mcp.py's picker). Discoverability only: scrolling already worked, and type-to-filter is unchanged — the hint extends the instruction rather than replacing it, so a searchable long list shows both. Short lists are left terse. Tests: +5, mutation-verified — a no-op hint fails the long-list cases. Threshold is inclusive of 10 (exactly the visible rows still fit). Co-authored-by: Isaac
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questionary scrolls a window over a long choice list but never says so. On the model / budget / tier pickers — a real workspace exposes ~16 GPT model ids — a user can't tell there are options below the fold.
prompt_for_selectionandprompt_for_multi_selectionnow append↑/↓ scrollto the instruction line once the option count passes the visible-row count (10, matchingmcp.py'sMCP_PICKER_VISIBLE_ROWS).Scope
Discoverability only:
type to filter.Tests
+5, mutation-verified (a no-op hint fails the long-list cases). Threshold is inclusive of 10 — exactly the visible rows still fit.
This pull request and its description were written by Isaac.